"Evgeni Malkin has gone AWOL from Metallurg. As a source at the club told a gazeta.ru reporter, the forward, who came to Finland with his team to hold a training camp has left the team on Saturday with his personal belongings and travel documents. His whereabouts are unknown."

Evgenie Malkin attacking Magnitogorsk "Metallurgist" autocratically has left an arrangement of a command. As has informed the correspondent Ã‚Â« Newspapers. Ru Ã‚Â» a source in the Ural hockey club, the forward who has arrived with "Metallurgist" on ÃƒÂ³ÃƒÂ·ÃƒÂ¥ÃƒÂ¡ÃƒÂ­ÃƒÂ®-training gathering to Finland, on Saturday has left from an arrangement of a command in a unknown direction, having taken with itself documents and personal things.

"Evgeni Malkin has gone AWOL from Metallurg. As a source at the club told a gazeta.ru reporter, the forward, who came to Finland with his team to hold a training camp has left the team on Saturday with his personal belongings and travel documents. His whereabouts are unknown."

Just like the good ol' days of the USSR... Good for Evgeni "The Spine" Malkin! We'll see you in the 'Burgh soon, Evgeni!

Tico Rick wrote:If Malkin is in fact Ã¢â‚¬Å“defectingÃ¢â‚¬ï¿¾ to the US, does he have to clear waivers before he can play with the Pens, considering that he played an exhibition game for Metallurg the other night?

Once the Pens play game one of the NHL regular season, he's no eligible to play in Europe without losing his eligibility. Malkin's escape has likely been in the works for a few weeks, I'm starting to wonder if Meehan was just a pawn to throwoff the Russians.

Malkin's latest run-in with the law began when police noticed a vehicle driving erratically, prompting a highway chase that ended with police spiking the SUV's tires. Officers said they could not easily subdue Malkin because he was wearing a bulletproof vest that thwarted their stun guns.

After police using pepper spray finally got him into handcuffs, the 6-foot, 190-pounder continued to struggle, kicking at the doors of the transport vehicle. Officers also put a cloth mask over Malkin's mouth after they say he spat at them.

Malkin was charged with carrying a concealed weapon and a traffic violation, and police said more charges are possible. Bond on those charges was set at $5 million, which Malkin's attorneys said he most likely would not be able to pay.

He was driving a few blocks from the home of a woman scheduled to testify against him in his robbery trial. In that case, witnesses said Malkin flashed a gun and robbed them of a cell phone behind a Moscow nightclub.

Malkin's latest run-in with the law began when police noticed a vehicle driving erratically, prompting a highway chase that ended with police spiking the SUV's tires. Officers said they could not easily subdue Malkin because he was wearing a bulletproof vest that thwarted their stun guns.

After police using pepper spray finally got him into handcuffs, the 6-foot, 190-pounder continued to struggle, kicking at the doors of the transport vehicle. Officers also put a cloth mask over Malkin's mouth after they say he spat at them.

Malkin was charged with carrying a concealed weapon and a traffic violation, and police said more charges are possible. Bond on those charges was set at $5 million, which Malkin's attorneys said he most likely would not be able to pay.

He was driving a few blocks from the home of a woman scheduled to testify against him in his robbery trial. In that case, witnesses said Malkin flashed a gun and robbed them of a cell phone behind a Moscow nightclub.